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enTue, 31 Mar 2015 21:06:15 GMTTue, 31 Mar 2015 21:06:15 GMTRev9123525Making the Internet of Things - TweetHeart - A NeoPixel Heart that is Twitter Sensitive

Cards, flowers, candy. The usual suspects for gift giving on Valentine’s Day are abound and plentiful. If however, you want to really stand out this year and let your loved one know how much you truly care --- a Twitter sensitive NeoPixel Heart is what the love doctor has ordered! Join Stacey Mulcahy as she shows us how to create this IoT Valentine’s Day special.

Find a full step-by-step tutorial of this project and others on our #idevthis look-book. Share your version of this project or a project of your own for a chance to be featured using the #idevthis hashtag on Twitter!_______________

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Making-the-Internet-of-Things-TweetHeart-A-NeoPixel-Heart-that-is-Twitter-Sensitive Cards, flowers, candy. The usual suspects for gift giving on Valentine’s Day are abound and plentiful. If however, you want to really stand out this year and let your loved one know how much you truly care --- a Twitter sensitive NeoPixel Heart is what the love doctor has ordered! Join Stacey Mulcahy as she shows us how to create this IoT Valentine’s Day special. Check out the full article here!_______________ Find a full step-by-step tutorial of this project and others on our #idevthis look-book. Share your version of this project or a project of your own for a chance to be featured using the #idevthis hashtag on Twitter!_______________ Follow the conversation @msdev Become a Fan @ facebook.com/MSFTDev Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites &amp; Blogs: Stacey’s BlogStacey’s IoT resource collectionVisual Studio Ultimate 2013 90-day Free Trial2776http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Making-the-Internet-of-Things-TweetHeart-A-NeoPixel-Heart-that-is-Twitter-Sensitive
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:25:47 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Making-the-Internet-of-Things-TweetHeart-A-NeoPixel-Heart-that-is-Twitter-SensitiveDevRadio, ChrisCaldwell, Stacey MulcahyDevRadio, ChrisCaldwell, Stacey Mulcahy2http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/DevRadio/Making-the-Internet-of-Things-TweetHeart-A-NeoPixel-Heart-that-is-Twitter-Sensitive/RSSAzureMicrosoft Azure PlatformTwitterVisual StudioWindows AzureIoTPing 211: Everything from E3, the World Cup is here, Twitter on Xbox TV, New Skype, and What's in your cupHey everybody!

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/211Hey everybody! [03:58] E3 2014: Every piece of news from Microsoft's E3 2014 Press Conference | An interview with the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer [10:21] Stoke your soccer fever this summer with these apps, services and products from Microsoft | Bing World Cup News | FIFA 14 for Windows Phone [17:24] Twitter on Xbox [18:48] Skype 5.0: Remastered for iPhone | [21:42] Vessyl is the smart cup that knows exactly what you're drinking [24:04] Questions of the week! What was your favorite announcement of E3 and who are you supporting in the world cup? Chat with us throughout the week using #PingShow on Twitter Like us on Facebook http://facebook.com/ThePingShow @MarkDeFalco @HeikeRitter 1517http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/211
Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:19:19 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/211Mark DeFalco, Heike RitterMark DeFalco, Heike Ritter5http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/211/RSSE3PingShowSkypeTwitterSoccerXbox OneTwitter Cards launch for Channel 9These days, Twitter is one of the big social media channels for people talking about development, including Channel 9. Recently Twitter added a new feature, Twitter Cards, and it seemed like a perfect fit for our content ... especially the 'Player Card', which is designed to display video content. We have video content, people like to tweet about it... perfect!

To get these cards to work for our content seemingly involves just providing the right meta tags:

If you check out the values of those tags though, the real trick to making this happen was to get secure (SSL) links for every resource that we reference. Channel 9 is easy, but our CDN URLs (media.ch9.ms for example) were not available over SSL. I could have fallen back to a direct link to our blob storage, where all our videos and images are stored, but I like the CDN and the whole idea of offloading traffic onto a massive global network of edge nodes, so we had a new CDN rewrite setup (sec.ch9.ms) that does work with SSL. Boom, Twitter Cards implemented!

The end result, when someone tweets about one of our videos, this is what you see on twitter.com:

And, if you are using one of Twitter's mobile apps, you'll see the media in there as well!

So... tweet some videos and checkout the inline player ... or go to our twitter feed and watch some videos there. Exciting times!

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/Twitter-CardsThese days, Twitter is one of the big social media channels for people talking about development, including Channel 9. Recently Twitter added a new feature, Twitter Cards, and it seemed like a perfect fit for our content ... especially the 'Player Card', which is designed to display video content. We have video content, people like to tweet about it... perfect! To get these cards to work for our content seemingly involves just providing the right meta tags: &lt;meta name=&quot;twitter:card&quot; content=&quot;player&quot;/&gt;
&lt;meta name=&quot;twitter:site&quot; content=&quot;@ch9&quot;/&gt;
&lt;meta name=&quot;twitter:title&quot; content=&quot;Defrag Tools: #74 - Windows 8.1 - Frame.GetNavigationState Crash (Channel 9)&quot;/&gt;
&lt;meta name=&quot;twitter:description&quot; content=&quot;In this episode of Defrag Tools,&amp;amp;nbsp;Andrew Richards and Chad Beeder&amp;amp;nbsp;walk you through a common issue in Windows Store applications that use Frame.GetNavigationState. We&amp;amp;nbsp;use a Windows Store &quot;/&gt;
&lt;meta name=&quot;twitter:image:src&quot; content=&quot;https://sec.ch9.ms/ch9/6d7f/0a2d335b-c067-44bd-8f71-fb03837b6d7f/DefragTools74_960.jpg&quot;/&gt;
&lt;meta name=&quot;twitter:player&quot; content=&quot;https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Defrag-Tools/Defrag-Tools-74-Windows-81-FrameGetNavigationState-Crash/player&quot;/&gt;
&lt;meta name=&quot;twitter:player:stream&quot; content=&quot;https://sec.ch9.ms/ch9/6d7f/0a2d335b-c067-44bd-8f71-fb03837b6d7f/DefragTools74_mid.mp4&quot;/&gt;
&lt;meta name=&quot;twitter:player:stream:content_type&quot; content=&quot;video/mp4&quot;/&gt;
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&lt;meta name=&quot;twitter:player:width&quot; content=&quot;512&quot;&gt; If you check out the values of those tags though, the real trick to making this happen was to get secure (SSL) links for every resource that we reference. Channel 9 is easy, but our CDN URLs (media.ch9.ms for exhttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/Twitter-Cards
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:04:58 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/Twitter-CardsDuncan MackenzieDuncan Mackenzie0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/C9Team/Twitter-Cards/RSSTwitterPing 170: New Kinect capabilities, Viral Search, Valve & Xbox, Office 13 transfersLaura and Paul are back in action and we'd love to hear your take on these stories and more:

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-171-New-Kinect-capabilities-Viral-Search-Vlave--Xbox-Office-13-transfersLaura and Paul are back in action and we'd love to hear your take on these stories and more: New Kinect capabilities Viral Search for Twitter Valve console Office 13 transfers 925http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-171-New-Kinect-capabilities-Viral-Search-Vlave--Xbox-Office-13-transfers
Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:11:54 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-171-New-Kinect-capabilities-Viral-Search-Vlave--Xbox-Office-13-transfersLaura FoyLaura Foy8http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-171-New-Kinect-capabilities-Viral-Search-Vlave--Xbox-Office-13-transfers/RSSKinectOfficePingShowTwitterviralconsoleKinect SDKSQLShorts: Big Data and TwitterStreamInsight is a SQL Server Complex Event Processing Engine (.NET) that can be leveraged for manufacturing or financial applications. It can manage and mine data for different trend, conditions virtually instantaneously. A practical application is to stream Twitter data to StreamInsight and analyze the data with Microsoft Azure and Hadoop. Front end tools can also include PowerPivot, Power View and Mobile Devices such as Microsoft Surface and iPad. ]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/SQLShorts-Big-Data-and-TwitterStreamInsight is a SQL Server Complex Event Processing Engine (.NET) that can be leveraged for manufacturing or financial applications. It can manage and mine data for different trend, conditions virtually instantaneously. A practical application is to stream Twitter data to StreamInsight and analyze the data with Microsoft Azure and Hadoop. Front end tools can also include PowerPivot, Power View and Mobile Devices such as Microsoft Surface and iPad. 2003http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/SQLShorts-Big-Data-and-Twitter
Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:46:15 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/SQLShorts-Big-Data-and-TwitterMike WilmotMike Wilmot0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/SQLShorts-Big-Data-and-Twitter/rssComplex Event ProcessingManufacturing ToolkitStreamInsightTweetTwitterfinancial servicesVisual Studio 2012 Launch "My Events" sample modern application sourceContaining with the Visual Studio 2012 Launch theme, in the keynotes (which you can see on-demand here), you saw a number of demo's of the "My Events" application.

Think it was kind of cool and something you'd like to look see the source for?

The main goal of this sample modern application is to provide a sample app where you can see most of the new technologies related to Visual Studio 2012, in a practical way.

Sample application context and scenariosThis sample application shows most of the new technologies you can use with Visual Studio 2012 in order to build Modern Apps.

The context is about an events/conferences management system called “My Events”. It is composed by:

Central Web API Services:

Global Web-App (ASP.NET MVC4):

Organizers WPF App (WPF):

Organizers Windows 8 Store App (XAML/C#):

Attendees Windows 8 Store App (HTML5/WinJS):

GoalsThis global system and the related client apps are highlighting the following points:

Consumer end-user point of view with the latest UX technologies capabilities, typical of Modern-Apps.

Enterprise and LOB (Line of Business) point of view, when using a desktop application.

Cloud friendly. You can deploy very easily all the server assets (Web Api Services and Web app) into the Windows Azure cloud.

Extensible and open to more complex scenarios. Even though our scenario’s main goal is to ‘keep it simple’, we wanted to be able to leave it open for future extensions and complexity that is usually required when implementing a real production application.

Multiple technical approaches. We wanted to illustrate how multiple technical approaches can co-exist within the same solution (Web, mainstream-app, CRUD, etc.)

Easily deployable. The RI is easily deployable so that you can install it and experiment with it.

The selected technologies and frameworks used are the following:

Core

ASP.NET Web-API Services

Entity Framework 5 (Code First)

SQL Server LocalDB

Web App

ASP.NET MVC 4

JavaScript & JQuery consuming Web Api Services

Windows 8 Store Apps

Windows 8 Store App using HTML5/WinJS

Windows 8 Store Apps using XAML/C#

Desktop App

WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) App

While this show's off allot...

What this sample application is NOT aboutThis is not a production application and it is not intended as a guidance for complex scenarios/applications, as it mostly covers CRUD and Data-Driven scenarios, only. If you need guidance for complex scenarios, we recommend to check guidance material from the Microsoft Patterns & Practices group like the ‘CQRS Journey guidance’, which shows a reference application with a related functional domain & scope (Events/Conferences platform) but from a different point of view based on design-patterns and best architectural practices for complex scenarios, covering approaches like CQRS (Command & Query Responsibility Segregation) & DDD (Domain Driven Design).

Building the Sample

Check that you have the dependencies, open the solution and run it. The database will be generated for you using LocalDB and Entity Framework Initializers.

If when running the web client for the first time, you get a runtime error here;

...that it can't find a file in the FakeImages folder, what I did was just copy the folder into the path it thought to find the images. Easier than tweaking code.

So I coping the FakeImages folder from ...\MY EVENTS - Sample Modern Application with Visual Studio 2012\C#,JavaScript\MyEvents\MyEvents.Web\FakeImages to ...\MY EVENTS - Sample Modern Application with Visual Studio 2012\FakeImages

Then the app ran fine. Once run the first time, you can delete that extra copy if you want, it's only need the first time the app runs, when its building its data store.

Also note: When creating an Event, also make sure to add at least one Session to it. Otherwise the event won't show up in the in a few of the Clients (This had me wondering if something was busted. I could see the event in the Web and Desktop apps, but in none of the Windows Store apps... Adding a Session fixed that. Doh!)

Here's a snap of the Solution;

And some snaps of it running on my system.

Here's the Web app;

The WPF Desktop app;

As a Windows Store app;

Wrap upTherefore and as previously mentioned, our main objective is to highlight and show most of the new capabilities and technical possibilities offered by Visual Studio 2012 and all its related technologies in order to build Modern Apps.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/Visual-Studio-2012-Launch-My-Events-sample-modern-application-sourceContaining with the Visual Studio 2012 Launch theme, in the keynotes (which you can see on-demand here), you saw a number of demo's of the &quot;My Events&quot; application. Think it was kind of cool and something you'd like to look see the source for? MY EVENTS - Sample Modern Application with Visual Studio 2012The main goal of this sample modern application is to provide a sample app where you can see most of the new technologies related to Visual Studio 2012, in a practical way. Sample application context and scenariosThis sample application shows most of the new technologies you can use with Visual Studio 2012 in order to build Modern Apps. The context is about an events/conferences management system called “My Events”. It is composed by: Central Web API Services: Global Web-App (ASP.NET MVC4): Organizers WPF App (WPF): Organizers Windows 8 Store App (XAML/C#): Attendees Windows 8 Store App (HTML5/WinJS): GoalsThis global system and the related client apps are highlighting the following points: Consumer end-user point of view with the latest UX technologies capabilities, typical of Modern-Apps. Enterprise and LOB (Line of Business) point of view, when using a desktop application. Cloud friendly. You can deploy very easily all the server assets (Web Api Services and Web app) into the Windows Azure cloud. Extensible and open to more complex scenarios. Even though our scenario’s main goal is to ‘keep it simple’, we wanted to be able to leave it open for future extensions and complexity that is usually required when implementing a real production application. Multiple technical approaches. We wanted to illustrate how multiple technical approaches can co-exist within the same solution (Web, mainstream-app, CRUD, etc.) Easily deployable. The RI is easily deployable so that you can install it and experiment with it. The selected technologies and frameworks used are the following: Core ASP.NET Web-API Services Entity Framework 5 (Code First) SQL Server LocalDB Web App Ahttp://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/Visual-Studio-2012-Launch-My-Events-sample-modern-application-source
Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:00:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/Visual-Studio-2012-Launch-My-Events-sample-modern-application-sourceGreg DuncanGreg Duncan1http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/Visual-Studio-2012-Launch-My-Events-sample-modern-application-source/RSS.NET FrameworkASP.NETASP.NET MVCCoding4FunFacebookHTML5MVVMTwitterVisual StudioWPFWindows 8WinJSTwitterRt - Tweeting from within your Windows 8 AppToday's Modern UI Monday post is a library by John Michael Hauck, with source too, that makes tweeting from your Windows 8 app almost too simple and easy. And as an added bonus, you not only get the library, but a tutorial on how to use Twitter's API too.

Add a call to await GainAccessToTwitter()(Yeah, you need to make your method "async")

Run your app so that it makes the call to GainAccessToTwitter()

When confronted with the twitter signin screen that magically appears from within your application, log in to your personal twitter account and click the "authorize button" (you might need to scroll down)

What I really liked was how John not only talks about his library and how to use it, but how it actually works, the magic behind the library. It provides a great tutorial for communicating with Twitter. Not that you need this anymore now that you have this library, but it still provides some great technical details and we all love knowing how out libraries work, right?

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/TwitterRt-Tweeting-from-within-your-Windows-8-AppToday's Modern UI Monday post is a library by John Michael Hauck, with source too, that makes tweeting from your Windows 8 app almost too simple and easy. And as an added bonus, you not only get the library, but a tutorial on how to use Twitter's API too. TwitterRt - Tweet from Windows Metro AppsMy goal is to make tweeting from a C# Metro application as easy as possible. To that end, I created a library called TwitterRt. Install TwitterRt from NuGet.org and add to your existing Metro application: Install the NuGet Package Manager if you have not already. Open your Metro application in Visual Studio. Select Manage NuGet Packages from the Project menu. Click Online. Search for TwitterRt. Click Install. To add the ability to tweet from your application, let's say its called MyTwitApp: Create your own personal twitter account if you don't have one, at twitter.com.Now log out of twitter. Create your application's own twitter account,preferably with the name MyTwitApp (or whatever your app is called), at twitter.com.Navigate to dev.twitter.com,select &quot;Create an app&quot;,call it &quot;MyTwitApp&quot; (or whatever your app is called) Make sure to specify (*) read, write and access direct messages. Make sure to specify a callback url of http://MyTwitApp.com(or whatever your app is called), even if it is not a real web site. From the Details page of your dev.twitter.com's MyTwitApp (or whatever your app is called):Ensure the &quot;Access level&quot; is &quot;Read, write, and direct messages&quot; Remember the Consumer key, Consumer secret, and Callback URL for step 5. There is an option on the Details page called &quot;Create my access token&quot;.Found it? Great! Ignore it. From your application:Construct a TwitterRt class, passing the consumer key, consumer secret and callback url found in step 3 above. Add a call to await GainAccessToTwitter()(Yeah, you need to make your method &quot;async&quot;) Run your app so that it makes the call to GainAccessToTwitter() When cohttp://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/TwitterRt-Tweeting-from-within-your-Windows-8-App
Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:00:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/TwitterRt-Tweeting-from-within-your-Windows-8-AppGreg DuncanGreg Duncan1http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/blog/TwitterRt-Tweeting-from-within-your-Windows-8-App/RSSCoding4FunOAuthTwitterWindows 8Sue Varty on Building YOU

Social media and career development educator Sue Varty offers advice on how to showcase yourself and your expertise to help getting ahead in your career.

D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE In case you haven't heard about the show, Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE & INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and guests. LIVE and INTERACTIVE means that you'll be part of the show – You're invited to interact with us; ask questions and get them answered; and share your thoughts and opinions.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/D3EP501 Full post here &gt;&gt; Social media and career development educator Sue Varty offers advice on how to showcase yourself and your expertise to help getting ahead in your career. D³: LIVE &amp; INTERACTiVE In case you haven't heard about the show, Developers, Developers, Developers: LIVE &amp; INTERACTIVE (D³) is a monthly show hosted by Jonathan Rozenblit. The show airs live every first Wednesday of the month at 12:00 PM ET and features the latest updates on what's new and exciting in the world of development; featured presentations; and guests. LIVE and INTERACTIVE means that you'll be part of the show – You're invited to interact with us; ask questions and get them answered; and share your thoughts and opinions. Join the Canadian Developer Connection LinkedIn group Follow @devsdevdevs Like D³ on Facebook Subscribe to podcasts via iTunes, Zune, or RSS More D³: LIVE &amp; INTERACTIVE &gt;&gt; 2923http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/D3EP501
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:48:57 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/D3EP501Jonathan RozenblitJonathan Rozenblit3http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/devsdevsdevs/D3EP501/RSSFacebookLinkedInSocial NetworkingTwitterSocial MediaRecovery.Gov by NICUSANIC’s Recovery.gov mobile application for Windows 7 puts the power of the Recovery’s website in the hands of the American citizens. It leverages the use of the Recovery’s social media presence, including Twitter, Facebook, and the Recovery Blog. It brings the visual power of Recovery projects to the people as photos are shared from all across the country. More info]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/RecoveryGov-by-NICUSA NIC’s Recovery.gov mobile application for Windows 7 puts the power of the Recovery’s website in the hands of the American citizens. It leverages the use of the Recovery’s social media presence, including Twitter, Facebook, and the Recovery Blog. It brings the visual power of Recovery projects to the people as photos are shared from all across the country. More info 481http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/RecoveryGov-by-NICUSA
Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:30:10 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/RecoveryGov-by-NICUSAUS Public Sector DPE TeamUS Public Sector DPE Team0http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/RecoveryGov-by-NICUSA/rssDPEUSPublicSectorTeamFacebookTwitterWindows 7When You Can See the Buzz, Who Needs to Hear It?Today I spotted a very cool project over at Microsoft’s FUSE Labs called SocialGadgets. Billed as a “Visual exploration of Twitter topics”, SocialGadgets is a set of embeddable widgets that allows you to visualise data from Twitter in real-time.

Want to see who’s getting talked about right now? How many people have mentioned the New York Times in the last hour? How about which brands, people, places and products are being discussed in conjunction with a certain keyword? Or cooler still, how about comparing the buzz around three competing products or brands?

SocialGadgets brings that kind of real-time Twitter analysis to your fingertips in visual form, and indeed to your website or blog – just select one of the four available gadgets, the size you wish to display plus a timeline for the analysis and you’ll get an iframe to plug right into your site.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/When-You-Can-See-the-Buzz-Who-Needs-to-Hear-It Today I spotted a very cool project over at Microsoft’s FUSE Labs called SocialGadgets. Billed as a “Visual exploration of Twitter topics”, SocialGadgets is a set of embeddable widgets that allows you to visualise data from Twitter in real-time. Want to see who’s getting talked about right now? How many people have mentioned the New York Times in the last hour? How about which brands, people, places and products are being discussed in conjunction with a certain keyword? Or cooler still, how about comparing the buzz around three competing products or brands? SocialGadgets brings that kind of real-time Twitter analysis to your fingertips in visual form, and indeed to your website or blog – just select one of the four available gadgets, the size you wish to display plus a timeline for the analysis and you’ll get an iframe to plug right into your site. You can find out more about SocialGadgets over at FUSE Labs. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/When-You-Can-See-the-Buzz-Who-Needs-to-Hear-It
Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:19:42 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/When-You-Can-See-the-Buzz-Who-Needs-to-Hear-ItTerry WalshTerry Walsh0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/When-You-Can-See-the-Buzz-Who-Needs-to-Hear-It/RSSanalysisFUSE LabsTwitterSocial NetworkingSocial MediaTwitter on Windows Phone 7: Hands on Demo Today we announced the new hardware devices for Windows Phone 7 and in this video you can see a hands on demo of the new Twitter Application on the HTC phone for AT&T. Coolest thing here is that you don't even need to be logged in to see and search Tweets! ]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Twitter-on-Windows-Phone-7-Hands-on-Demo Today we announced the new hardware devices for Windows Phone 7 and in this video you can see a hands on demo of the new Twitter Application on the HTC phone for AT&amp;T. Coolest thing here is that you don't even need to be logged in to see and search Tweets! 62http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Twitter-on-Windows-Phone-7-Hands-on-Demo
Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:54:04 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Twitter-on-Windows-Phone-7-Hands-on-DemoLaura FoyLaura Foy4http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Twitter-on-Windows-Phone-7-Hands-on-Demo/rssTwitterWindows PhoneWindows Phone 7WP7Road Rage? No Need to Yell. Bump ‘Em.Have you ever been happily driving down the road, listening to your favourite tunes, only to have your karma shattered by a careless driver cutting you up or flashing you to get out of the way? If you’re anything like me, you’ll shout and scream or gesticulate
wildly and for what reason? To them, you simply look like an irate silent movie star, creating hilarity rather than humility. Despair no more, as news reaches us from
Mashable of a new social network called
Bump which uses license plates to identify and connect users.

Sign up with your state and license plate (US only for now) and you’ll be able to message other drivers via voice-activated commands on your phone (a mobile web app is currently available), or a photo snapshot of the license plate (taken whilst your
both stationary, obviously). Voice messages, emails and texts can be swapped between users, and in the future the plan is for roadside discounts to be on offer to eligible drivers based on your location. With links to Twitter, Facebook and even Match.com,
Bump clearly believe their service will put an end to angry driving and spread peace and love amongst American drivers. That is, as long as they’re all registered with Bump.

If this all sounds a little far fetched, Mashable report that the startup has recently received $1 million in a first round of funding and are seeking up to $8 million in round two. Your concerns on privacy, one handed license-plate photography and texting
whilst driving are noted. But scarier still, Road Rage just went multi-channel.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Road-Rage-No-Need-to-Yell-Bump-Em
Have you ever been happily driving down the road, listening to your favourite tunes, only to have your karma shattered by a careless driver cutting you up or flashing you to get out of the way? If you’re anything like me, you’ll shout and scream or gesticulate
wildly and for what reason? To them, you simply look like an irate silent movie star, creating hilarity rather than humility. Despair no more, as news reaches us from
Mashable of a new social network called
Bump which uses license plates to identify and connect users.
Sign up with your state and license plate (US only for now) and you’ll be able to message other drivers via voice-activated commands on your phone (a mobile web app is currently available), or a photo snapshot of the license plate (taken whilst your
both stationary, obviously). Voice messages, emails and texts can be swapped between users, and in the future the plan is for roadside discounts to be on offer to eligible drivers based on your location. With links to Twitter, Facebook and even Match.com,
Bump clearly believe their service will put an end to angry driving and spread peace and love amongst American drivers. That is, as long as they’re all registered with Bump.
If this all sounds a little far fetched, Mashable report that the startup has recently received $1 million in a first round of funding and are seeking up to $8 million in round two. Your concerns on privacy, one handed license-plate photography and texting
whilst driving are noted. But scarier still, Road Rage just went multi-channel.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Road-Rage-No-Need-to-Yell-Bump-Em
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:57:24 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Road-Rage-No-Need-to-Yell-Bump-EmTerry WalshTerry Walsh0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Road-Rage-No-Need-to-Yell-Bump-Em/RSSFacebookMobileTwitterSocial NetworkingAppSocial MediaApplicationcarWindows Phone 7 Demo: Twitter]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Windows-Phone-7-Demo-TwitterThe Twitter application for Windows Phone 7. 89http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Windows-Phone-7-Demo-Twitter
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:10:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Windows-Phone-7-Demo-TwitterLaura FoyLaura Foy8http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Windows-Phone-7-Demo-Twitter/RSSTwitterWindows PhoneWindows Phone 7WP7Windows Phone 7 Demos: Netflix, Twitter, Flixster, OpenTable, TravelocityNetflixTwitterFlixsterOpenTableTravelocity]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Windows-Phone-7-Demos-Netflix-Twitter-Flixster-OpenTable-TravelocityHere is a look at 5 of the demos presented at the event last night celebrating the final release of the developer tools for Windows Phone 7. NetflixTwitterFlixsterOpenTableTravelocity
418http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Windows-Phone-7-Demos-Netflix-Twitter-Flixster-OpenTable-Travelocity
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:09:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Windows-Phone-7-Demos-Netflix-Twitter-Flixster-OpenTable-TravelocityLaura FoyLaura Foy5http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/LauraFoy/Windows-Phone-7-Demos-Netflix-Twitter-Flixster-OpenTable-Travelocity/RSSDemoNetflixTwitterWindows PhoneWindows Phone 7WP7demosFlixsterOpenTableTravelocityPing 74: NFL & Silverlight, ScholarLynk, Bing on Droid, Halo ReachOh, but first...the "Semi-Humorous" plug

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-74-NFL--Silverlight-ScholarLynk-Bing-on-Droid-Halo-ReachClearly the most important issue is Scrabble, but once that is put to rest, the Ping cast served up some pretty cool news:
Oh, but first...the &quot;Semi-Humorous&quot; plug NFL &amp; Silverlight
ScholarLynkBing on DroidFREE Halo Reach (Sorta)Follow LauraFollow PaulPING on Facebook
852http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-74-NFL--Silverlight-ScholarLynk-Bing-on-Droid-Halo-Reach
Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:00:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-74-NFL--Silverlight-ScholarLynk-Bing-on-Droid-Halo-ReachLaura FoyLaura Foy11http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-74-NFL--Silverlight-ScholarLynk-Bing-on-Droid-Halo-Reach/RSSBingNFLSilverlightTwitterDroidScholarLynkSilverlight-Based Seesmic Launches Plugin PlatformSilverlight-based social networking application Seesmic has just launched its highly anticipated plugin platform which transforms the formerly Twitter-only app to a platform for the larger social Web, and real-time news.

The platform lets you add in plugins of your choosing to the desktop application, which including everything from tracking breaking news from top sources like Techmeme or RSS feeds, accessing social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Foursquare and others, shopping at Zappos, listening to music via Last.fm, and so much more.

There are over 40 plugins available now and more to come. For now, all the plugins are free, but in the future, developers will be able to charge.

The plugins work in Seesmic’s Desktop 2 client software, a downloadable application designed for desktop operating systems, including both Windows and Mac. You can try it now from here.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Silverlight-Based-Seesmic-Launches-Plugin-Platform Silverlight-based social networking application Seesmic has just launched its highly anticipated plugin platform which transforms the formerly Twitter-only app to a platform for the larger social Web, and real-time news. The platform lets you add in plugins of your choosing to the desktop application, which including everything from tracking breaking news from top sources like Techmeme or RSS feeds, accessing social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Foursquare and others, shopping at Zappos, listening to music via Last.fm, and so much more. There are over 40 plugins available now and more to come. For now, all the plugins are free, but in the future, developers will be able to charge. The plugins work in Seesmic’s Desktop 2 client software, a downloadable application designed for desktop operating systems, including both Windows and Mac. You can try it now from here. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Silverlight-Based-Seesmic-Launches-Plugin-Platform
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:39:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Silverlight-Based-Seesmic-Launches-Plugin-PlatformSarah PerezSarah Perez0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Silverlight-Based-Seesmic-Launches-Plugin-Platform/RSSSilverlightSocial NetworksTwitterSocial NetworkingSocial MediaZoom.it: Shortened URLs for Deep Zoom PicsZoom.it is a new service from the folks at Live Labs which lets you create shortened URLs for deep zoom images. To create a deep zoom image, you can just enter in the link to any standard image anywhere
on the Web. Zoom.it will covert the image to the
Deep Zoom format and then return a shortened URL, perfect for tweeting.

On the Zoom.it homepage, there are a handful of examples, including a gorgeous high-res image of a galaxy snapped by Hubble, a panoramic view of an old map of Milwaukee, from the Library of Congress, an expansive panorama of Yosemite (via the
Yosemite Extreme Panoramic Imaging Project) and more.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Zoomit-Shortened-URLs-for-Deep-Zoom-Pics
Zoom.it is a new service from the folks at Live Labs which lets you create shortened URLs for deep zoom images. To create a deep zoom image, you can just enter in the link to any standard image anywhere
on the Web. Zoom.it will covert the image to the
Deep Zoom format and then return a shortened URL, perfect for tweeting.
On the Zoom.it homepage, there are a handful of examples, including a gorgeous high-res image of a galaxy snapped by Hubble, a panoramic view of an old map of Milwaukee, from the Library of Congress, an expansive panorama of Yosemite (via the
Yosemite Extreme Panoramic Imaging Project) and more.
The Zoom.it service runs on
Windows Azure and uses
Microsoft Silverlight. End users can try it now from
http://zoom.it. Developers can access the API from
here.
(via Steve Clayton)
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Zoomit-Shortened-URLs-for-Deep-Zoom-Pics
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:36:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Zoomit-Shortened-URLs-for-Deep-Zoom-PicsSarah PerezSarah Perez1http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Zoomit-Shortened-URLs-for-Deep-Zoom-Pics/RSSDeep ZoomLive LabsPhotosSilverlightTwitterTweet de France - a Map of Tour de France Twitter UpdatesWe
already told you about the excellent Tour de France map app, courtesy of Bing, which highlights the race’s course, start and stops, feed zones, hill climbs and more in both standard road views, aerial views and even Bird’s Eye view.

Now there comes another Tour de France map, this one showing both the Tour de France course and tour updates via geo-tagged tweets. The new map, hosted
here on Livestrong.com (scroll down), highlights Twitter updates by way of blue-colored pushpins which, when clicked, reveal the tweet’s text.

As the race continues, fans will be able to read these geo-tagged tweets, containing reactions and content from spectators, journalists and even some of the Tour de France competitors themselves, like Lance Armstrong of Team Radioshack, whose Twitter account
is followed by 2.5 million fans.

The map interface uses the
Bing Twitter Map App’s “embed” function for this custom creation dubbed “Tour Talk.” You can check it out
here along with lots of other Tour de France news.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Tweet-de-France-a-Map-of-Tour-de-France-Twitter-Updates
We
already told you about the excellent Tour de France map app, courtesy of Bing, which highlights the race’s course, start and stops, feed zones, hill climbs and more in both standard road views, aerial views and even Bird’s Eye view.
Now there comes another Tour de France map, this one showing both the Tour de France course and tour updates via geo-tagged tweets. The new map, hosted
here on Livestrong.com (scroll down), highlights Twitter updates by way of blue-colored pushpins which, when clicked, reveal the tweet’s text.
As the race continues, fans will be able to read these geo-tagged tweets, containing reactions and content from spectators, journalists and even some of the Tour de France competitors themselves, like Lance Armstrong of Team Radioshack, whose Twitter account
is followed by 2.5 million fans.
The map interface uses the
Bing Twitter Map App’s “embed” function for this custom creation dubbed “Tour Talk.” You can check it out
here along with lots of other Tour de France news.
(via the Bing team blog)
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Tweet-de-France-a-Map-of-Tour-de-France-Twitter-Updates
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:37:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Tweet-de-France-a-Map-of-Tour-de-France-Twitter-UpdatesSarah PerezSarah Perez0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Tweet-de-France-a-Map-of-Tour-de-France-Twitter-Updates/RSSBingBing MapsTwitterPing 65: Data, Services, and Search - Oh MyHere's what we're talking about!

IIS Versions --
The Right StuffTechNet Licensing FAQSQL CEFabulous App FabricTwitter Searches for 1st PlaceBatteries Powered by MicrosoftDestination: Arcade]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-65-Data-Services-and-Search-Oh-MyCheck out what we have in store for Boys without Foys Episode 4! Adam and Paul share their insights on what is being chatted about on Microsoft's campus.Here's what we're talking about!IIS Versions --
The Right StuffTechNet Licensing FAQSQL CEFabulous App FabricTwitter Searches for 1st PlaceBatteries Powered by MicrosoftDestination: Arcade
907http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-65-Data-Services-and-Search-Oh-My
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:59:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-65-Data-Services-and-Search-Oh-MyLaura FoyLaura Foy5http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/PingShow/Ping-65-Data-Services-and-Search-Oh-My/RSSAdam DePueIISPaul MestemakerSQLSQL ServerTechNetTwitterXbox LiveThe Archivist: Your friendly neighborhood tweet archiverThe Archivist is a new lab/website from Mix Online that lets
people archive, analyze and export tweets. Here’s a little more about why we built The Archivist and who we built it for.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/The-Archivist-Your-friendly-neighborhood-tweet-archiverThe Archivist is a new lab/website from Mix Online that lets
people archive, analyze and export tweets. Here’s a little more about why we built The Archivist and who we built it for.
Sounds good, guys. Now, let's go learn about what this really means and how/why Karsten and Tim built this Twitter information analysis and archival service. Ready? Press play.
Learn more: http://visitmix.com/LabNotes/Intro-To-The-Archivist1361http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/The-Archivist-Your-friendly-neighborhood-tweet-archiver
Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:45:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/The-Archivist-Your-friendly-neighborhood-tweet-archiverCharlesCharles0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Charles/The-Archivist-Your-friendly-neighborhood-tweet-archiver/RSSAzureCloud ComputingData ServicesTwitterWindows AzureWorld Cup Tweets via Bing MapsNifty! I just discovered a new mashup courtesy of Steve Clayton which brings you a Bing Maps interface overlaid with tweets from the World Cup. From Microsoft’s FUSE Labs – yep, the same folks behind all the fun projects as of late, including Docs.com, Emporia, Bing Twitter, Twitter Maps, Kodu and Spindex – there now comes GoalMap2010.

There’s nothing too complex about this mashup, it’s just tweets on a map, similar to the popular Twitter “mapplication” for Bing Maps. However, in this case, you can see the tweets for the current World Cup game unfold in real-time on top of a map of the game’s location. Plus, you can see tweets from the two countries playing, on top of their respective homelands. You can even see tweets from your own neighborhood, in order to tap into what those around you are saying.

All of these options exist as four separate, embeddable maps that you can place on your own website or blog.

Goooooaaaaaalll, indeed!

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/World-Cup-Tweets-via-Bing-Maps Nifty! I just discovered a new mashup courtesy of Steve Clayton which brings you a Bing Maps interface overlaid with tweets from the World Cup. From Microsoft’s FUSE Labs – yep, the same folks behind all the fun projects as of late, including Docs.com, Emporia, Bing Twitter, Twitter Maps, Kodu and Spindex – there now comes GoalMap2010. There’s nothing too complex about this mashup, it’s just tweets on a map, similar to the popular Twitter “mapplication” for Bing Maps. However, in this case, you can see the tweets for the current World Cup game unfold in real-time on top of a map of the game’s location. Plus, you can see tweets from the two countries playing, on top of their respective homelands. You can even see tweets from your own neighborhood, in order to tap into what those around you are saying. All of these options exist as four separate, embeddable maps that you can place on your own website or blog. Goooooaaaaaalll, indeed! http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/World-Cup-Tweets-via-Bing-Maps
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:04:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/World-Cup-Tweets-via-Bing-MapsSarah PerezSarah Perez0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/World-Cup-Tweets-via-Bing-Maps/RSSBingBing MapsTwitterBing Launches Social SearchIn October, Bing received access to the Twitter “firehose” and launched a specialized Twitter search site at bing.com/twitter. Now, a new search portal is launching, Bing Social Search, available at bing.com/social, and it will feature both Twitter posts and publicly available Facebook posts too.

Described as the “first search experience integrating the full Facebook firehose,” the new search engine will retrieve both fan page updates and links plus links from individual Facebook users whose updates are set to “Everyone.”

However, unlike other standalone Facebook search engines, user names and photos from Facebook users will not be displayed, and neither will the text included the status update. In fact, the only thing that will be retrieved is the link itself, in aggregate. It’s a nice way to retrieve the data from Facebook, without violating user privacy.

The Bing homepage is also being tweaked now too to show the “trending topics” based on both the Twitter and Facebook data. When you click on a topic, you’re shown info about why it’s trending, results from social search and then query refiners.

These changes will roll out starting today, June 9th.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Bing-Launches-Social-Search In October, Bing received access to the Twitter “firehose” and launched a specialized Twitter search site at bing.com/twitter. Now, a new search portal is launching, Bing Social Search, available at bing.com/social, and it will feature both Twitter posts and publicly available Facebook posts too. Described as the “first search experience integrating the full Facebook firehose,” the new search engine will retrieve both fan page updates and links plus links from individual Facebook users whose updates are set to “Everyone.” However, unlike other standalone Facebook search engines, user names and photos from Facebook users will not be displayed, and neither will the text included the status update. In fact, the only thing that will be retrieved is the link itself, in aggregate. It’s a nice way to retrieve the data from Facebook, without violating user privacy. The Bing homepage is also being tweaked now too to show the “trending topics” based on both the Twitter and Facebook data. When you click on a topic, you’re shown info about why it’s trending, results from social search and then query refiners. These changes will roll out starting today, June 9th. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Bing-Launches-Social-Search
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:58:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Bing-Launches-Social-SearchSarah PerezSarah Perez0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Bing-Launches-Social-Search/RSSBingFacebookSocialSocial NetworksTwittersocial webSocial MediaMetroTwit Launches with Windows 7 IntegrationA new Twitter client application inspired by Microsoft’s Metro design language has now launched. The aptly named MetroTwit is a Windows desktop application that uses .NET 4.0 and WPF 4 to power the app’s gorgeous interface and back-end. Designed by Long Zheng, David Golden and Winston Pang, MetroTwit offers a number of unique features, beyond the usual timeline view and status update box, found in other clients. For example, infinite scrolling, autocomplete for usernames and hashtags, resizable and reorderable columns, flawless high DPI support and others are listed on the project’s homepage as features you’ll “fall in love with.” (Indeed, I have).

Also included is what may be the standout feature for Windows 7 users: taskbar integration. A counter in the taskbar shows you how many unread messages you have.

Another notifications feature also lets you read experts from new tweet updates, replies and more as they cycle through in the notifications.

You can download MetroTwit from here. Note that the app is in beta, so all the usual caveats apply.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/MetroTwit-Launches-with-Windows-7-Integration A new Twitter client application inspired by Microsoft’s Metro design language has now launched. The aptly named MetroTwit is a Windows desktop application that uses .NET 4.0 and WPF 4 to power the app’s gorgeous interface and back-end. Designed by Long Zheng, David Golden and Winston Pang, MetroTwit offers a number of unique features, beyond the usual timeline view and status update box, found in other clients. For example, infinite scrolling, autocomplete for usernames and hashtags, resizable and reorderable columns, flawless high DPI support and others are listed on the project’s homepage as features you’ll “fall in love with.” (Indeed, I have). Also included is what may be the standout feature for Windows 7 users: taskbar integration. A counter in the taskbar shows you how many unread messages you have. Another notifications feature also lets you read experts from new tweet updates, replies and more as they cycle through in the notifications. You can download MetroTwit from here. Note that the app is in beta, so all the usual caveats apply. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/MetroTwit-Launches-with-Windows-7-Integration
Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:40:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/MetroTwit-Launches-with-Windows-7-IntegrationSarah PerezSarah Perez0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/MetroTwit-Launches-with-Windows-7-Integration/RSSTwitterWPFDesktop ApplicationEmporia: A New Twitter App from FUSE LabsMicrosoft’s Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs, the group behind the Facebook-enabled document-sharing service, Docs.com and the social aggregator Spindex, has just launched a new Twitter application called “Project Emporia.”

Unlike Spindex, which is currently in private beta, Emporia is open to anyone, despite it still being in alpha. However, only FUSE Labs employees have access to its “like/dislike” feature, which may be the key selling point for the app.

Emporia isn’t really a Twitter client for managing your own stream, friends, replies and messages, but is more of a specialized search engine that uses “lenses” that let you focus on areas of interest like “technology,” “news,” “sports,” etc.

Pick any one of the lenses and you’re shown two columns, one being a stream view of actual tweets and the other showing the top-ranked web link results. For example, clicking on the “Technology” lens shows the most popular articles from sites like GigaOm, CNET, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and others.

From within each lens, you can also search for specific keywords or terms and see a sidebar featuring popular searches. Those appear to be searches occurring within the app itself, though, not from Twitter.com.

If you choose to sign into the app (via your Windows Live ID), you’ll be able to “like” or “dislike” tweets…that is, when this feature becomes publicly available. For now, it’s limited to FUSE employees only. In the future, these actions will help teach the app’s built-in recommendation engine about your interests. (The engine is a product from Microsoft Research called “Matchbox.”)

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Emporia-A-New-Twitter-App-from-FUSE-Labs Microsoft’s Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs, the group behind the Facebook-enabled document-sharing service, Docs.com and the social aggregator Spindex, has just launched a new Twitter application called “Project Emporia.” Unlike Spindex, which is currently in private beta, Emporia is open to anyone, despite it still being in alpha. However, only FUSE Labs employees have access to its “like/dislike” feature, which may be the key selling point for the app. Emporia isn’t really a Twitter client for managing your own stream, friends, replies and messages, but is more of a specialized search engine that uses “lenses” that let you focus on areas of interest like “technology,” “news,” “sports,” etc. Pick any one of the lenses and you’re shown two columns, one being a stream view of actual tweets and the other showing the top-ranked web link results. For example, clicking on the “Technology” lens shows the most popular articles from sites like GigaOm, CNET, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and others. From within each lens, you can also search for specific keywords or terms and see a sidebar featuring popular searches. Those appear to be searches occurring within the app itself, though, not from Twitter.com. If you choose to sign into the app (via your Windows Live ID), you’ll be able to “like” or “dislike” tweets…that is, when this feature becomes publicly available. For now, it’s limited to FUSE employees only. In the future, these actions will help teach the app’s built-in recommendation engine about your interests. (The engine is a product from Microsoft Research called “Matchbox.”) To try the app now, head over to projectemporia.com http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Emporia-A-New-Twitter-App-from-FUSE-Labs
Thu, 27 May 2010 17:28:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Emporia-A-New-Twitter-App-from-FUSE-LabsSarah PerezSarah Perez0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Emporia-A-New-Twitter-App-from-FUSE-Labs/RSSRecommenderTwitterrecommendationsSeesmic Launches Preview of New Desktop App for Twitter, FacebookSeesmic has just released a preview version of their Seesmic Desktop Twitter application, Seesmic Desktop 2, the app that runs on Silverlight on both Mac and Windows PC. The most notable thing about this release is the built in support for Seesmic’s new plugin architecture. With the new platform, every tool, feature and service can be integrated into the app as a plugin, which allows for complete user customization of the app.

By default, the app supports multiple Twitter accounts and Facebook, plus it offers support for lesser known services like Google Buzz and Socialwok. You can add in even more plugins, too, like Bit.ly and Bing Maps, for example.

Also new to this version of Seesmic are unique backgrounds provided by Red Bull (and more will arrive later, we’re told). Directory and channels like those supported in Seesmic Look are now available too.

]]>http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Seesmic-Launches-Preview-of-New-Desktop-App-for-Twitter-Facebook Seesmic has just released a preview version of their Seesmic Desktop Twitter application, Seesmic Desktop 2, the app that runs on Silverlight on both Mac and Windows PC. The most notable thing about this release is the built in support for Seesmic’s new plugin architecture. With the new platform, every tool, feature and service can be integrated into the app as a plugin, which allows for complete user customization of the app. By default, the app supports multiple Twitter accounts and Facebook, plus it offers support for lesser known services like Google Buzz and Socialwok. You can add in even more plugins, too, like Bit.ly and Bing Maps, for example. Also new to this version of Seesmic are unique backgrounds provided by Red Bull (and more will arrive later, we’re told). Directory and channels like those supported in Seesmic Look are now available too. You can download the preview version of Seesmic Desktop here. http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Seesmic-Launches-Preview-of-New-Desktop-App-for-Twitter-Facebook
Wed, 26 May 2010 15:32:00 GMThttp://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Seesmic-Launches-Preview-of-New-Desktop-App-for-Twitter-FacebookSarah PerezSarah Perez0http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/coolstuff/Seesmic-Launches-Preview-of-New-Desktop-App-for-Twitter-Facebook/RSSFacebookSeesmicSilverlightSoftwareTwitterDesktop Application